Opportunity Information: Apply for FAA ARP IIJA G 26 002
The FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program offers up to $120 million in grants under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This program is designed to support airport-owned air traffic control tower (ATCT) projects at eligible airports across the U.S., with a focus on addressing aging infrastructure. Funding can be used for projects that construct, repair, modernize, or replace non-approach control towers, or for acquiring and installing air traffic control, communications, and related equipment. It also includes funding for certified remote towers.
Eligible applicants include public and private entities—such as public-use airports in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)—that are approved participants in the FAA’s Contract Tower Program or the Contract Tower Cost Share Program. This includes state agencies, Indian Tribes or Pueblos, the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island, and certain Pacific Island governments.
For detailed eligibility criteria, applicants should refer to the AIP Handbook and other FAA planning resources.Apply for FAA ARP IIJA G 26 002
- The Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.117.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2026-01-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-02-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $83,300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Others.
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